#56C8D9#56C8D9

#56C8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.105 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8D9
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -27.16, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 32.66, 213.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.092 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.105 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0112, 48.2929, 73.0031)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8D9 #D96756

analogous

#56D9A8 #56C8D9 #5687D9

triadic

#56C8D9 #D956C8 #C8D956

tetradic

#56C8D9 #A856D9 #D96756 #87D956

square

#56C8D9 #A856D9 #D96756 #87D956

split-complementary

#56C8D9 #D95687 #D9A856

monochromatic

#218593 #2CB2C5 #56C8D9 #88D8E4 #BAE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#56C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#56C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8D9

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8D9	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.105 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e4',
    500: '#56c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8d9;
$custom-light: #93d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77405,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8D9

secondary

#DFB3AC

accent

#5741E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8D9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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